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Meter: 11.11.11.11 with refrain Appears in 215 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Edwin O. Excell Tune Key: D Major Incipit: 33345 55343 42345 Used With Text: Count Your Blessings

Author: Johnson Oatman, Jr. Meter: 11.11.11.11 with refrain Appears in 264 hymnals First Line: When upon life's billows you are tempest tossed Refrain First Line: Count your blessings, name them one by one Lyrics: 1 When upon life's billows you are tempest tossed, When you are discouraged, thinking all is lost, Count your many blessings, name them one by one, And it will surprise you what the Lord hath done. Chorus: Count (Count your many blessings,) your blessings, name them one by one; (name them one by one;) Count (Count your many blessings,) your many blessings, see what God hath done; (see what God hath done;) Count (count your many blessings,) your blessings, name them one by one; Count your many blessings, see what God hath done. 2 Are you ever burdened with a load of care? Does the cross seem heavy you are called to bear? Count your many blessings, ev'ry doubt will fly, And you will be singing as the days go by. [Chorus] 3 When you look at others with their lands and gold, Think that Christ has promised you His wealth untold. Count your many blessings, money cannot buy Your reward in heaven, nor your home on high. [Chorus] 4 So amid the conflict, whether great or small, Do not be discouraged, God is over all; Count your many blessings, angels will attend, Help and comfort give you to your journey's end. [Chorus] Topics: God, His Guidance and Care Used With Tune: BLESSINGS

Brüder, Schwestern kommt von nah und fern

Author: B. Kühn Appears in 3 hymnals First Line: Siegend Schreitet Jesus über Land und Meer Used With Tune: [Siegend Schreitet Jesus über Land und Meer]

Cuando Estés Cruzando el Mar

Author: Johnson Oatman, Jr., 1856-1926; S. D. Athans, 1883-1969 Appears in 4 hymnals First Line: Cuando estés cruzando el mar de adversidad Refrain First Line: Cuenta los favores Used With Tune: BLESSINGS

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Count Your Blessings

Author: Rev. J. Oatman, Jr. Hymnal: The New Praiseworthy #200 (1916) First Line: When upon life's billows you are tempest-tossed Refrain First Line: Count your blessings, Name them one by one Lyrics: 1 When upon life's billows you are tempest-tossed, When you are discouraged, thinking all is lost, Count your many blessings, name them one by one, And it will surprise you, what the Lord hath done. Chorus: Count your blessings, (Count your many blessings,) Name them one by one; (Name them one by one;) Count your blessings, (count your many blessings,) See what God hath done; (See what God that done;) Count your blessings, (Count your many) Name them one by one, Count your many blessings, See what God hath done. 2 Are you ever burdened with a load of care? Does the cross seem heavy you are called to bear? Count your many blessings, ev'ry doubt will fly, And you will be singing as the days go by. [Chorus] 3 When you look at others with their lands and gold, Think that Christ has promised you His wealth untold; Count your many blessings, money cannot buy Your reward in heaven, nor your home on high. [Chorus] 4 So, amid the conflict, whether great or small, Do not be discouraged, God is over all; Count your many blessings, angels will attend, Help and comfort give you to your journey's end. [Chorus] Languages: English Tune Title: [When upon life's billows you are tempest-tossed]

Count Your Blessings (Chorus)

Author: Johnson Oatman, Jr. Hymnal: Timeless Truths #215 Meter: 9.9.9.11 First Line: Count your blessings, name them one by one Lyrics: 1 Count your blessings, name them one by one, Count your blessings, see what God has done! Count your blessings, name them one by one, Count your many blessings, see what God has done! 2 Count your blessings, name them two by two, Count your blessings, see what God can do! Count your blessings, name them two by two, Count your many blessings, see what God can do! 3 Count your blessings, name them three by three, Count your blessings, see what God has done for me! Count your blessings, name them three by three, Count your many blessings, see what God has done for me! 4 Count your blessings, name them four by four, Count your blessings, count them more and more! Count your blessings, name them four by four, Count your many blessings, count them more and more! 5 Count your blessings, name them five by five, Count your blessings, see that God is alive! Count your blessings, name them five by five, Count your many blessings, see that God is alive! 6 Count your blessings, name them six by six, Count your blessings, see what God can fix! Count your blessings, name them six by six, Count your many blessings, see what God can fix! 7 Count your blessings, name them seven by seven, Count your blessings, count them all the way to heaven! Count your blessings, name them seven by seven, Count your many blessings, count them all the way to heaven! Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 5:18 Tune Title: [Count your blessings, name them one by one]

Count Your Blessings

Author: Johnson Oatman, Jr. Hymnal: The Cyber Hymnal #1072 First Line: When upon life's billows you are tempest tossed Refrain First Line: Count your blessings, name them one by one Lyrics: 1. When upon life’s billows you are tempest tossed, When you are discouraged, thinking all is lost, Count your many blessings, name them one by one, And it will surprise you what the Lord hath done. Refrain Count your blessings, name them one by one, Count your blessings, see what God hath done! Count your blessings, name them one by one, And it will surprise you what the Lord hath done. 2. Are you ever burdened with a load of care? Does the cross seem heavy you are called to bear? Count your many blessings, every doubt will fly, And you will keep singing as the days go by. [Refrain] 3. When you look at others with their lands and gold, Think that Christ has promised you His wealth untold; Count your many blessings. Wealth can never buy Your reward in heaven, nor your home on high. [Refrain] 4. So, amid the conflict whether great or small, Do not be disheartened, God is over all; Count your many blessings, angels will attend, Help and comfort give you to your journey’s end. [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: [When upon life's billows you are tempest tossed]

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E. O. Excell

1851 - 1921 Person Name: Edwin O. Excell Composer of "[Count your blessings, name them one by one]" in Timeless Truths Edwin Othello Excel USA 1851-1921. Born at Uniontown, OH, he started working as a bricklayer and plasterer. He loved music and went to Chicago to study it under George Root. He married Eliza Jane “Jennie” Bell in 1871. They had a son, William, in 1874. A member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, he became a prominent publisher, composer, song leader, and singer of music for church, Sunday school, and evangelistic meetings. He founded singing schools at various locations in the country and worked with evangelist, Sam Jones, as his song leader for two decades. He established a music publishing house in Chicago and authored or composed over 2,000 gospel songs. While assisting Gypsy Smith in an evangelistic campaign in Louisville, KY, he became ill, and died in Chicago, IL. He published 15 gospel music books between 1882-1925. He left an estate valued at $300,000. John Perry

Johnson Oatman, Jr.

1856 - 1922 Person Name: Rev. J. Oatman, Jr. Author of "Count Your Blessings" in The New Praiseworthy Johnson Oatman, Jr., son of Johnson and Rachel Ann Oatman, was born near Medford, N. J., April 21, 1856. His father was an excellent singer, and it always delighted the son to sit by his side and hear him sing the songs of the church. Outside of the usual time spent in the public schools, Mr. Oatman received his education at Herbert's Academy, Princetown, N. J., and the New Jersey Collegiate Institute, Bordentown, N. J. At the age of nineteen he joined the M.E. Church, and a few years later he was granted a license to preach the Gospel, and still later he was regularly ordained by Bishop Merrill. However, Mr. Oatman only serves as a local preacher. For many years he was engaged with his father in the mercantile business at Lumberton, N. J., under the firm name of Johnson Oatman & Son. Since the death of his father, he has for the past fifteen years been in the life insurance business, having charge of the business of one of the great companies in Mt. Holly, N. J., where he resides. He has written over three thousand hymns, and no gospel song book is considered as being complete unless it contains some of his hymns. In 1878 he married Wilhelmina Reid, of Lumberton, N.J. and had three children, Rachel, Miriam, and Percy. Excerpted from Biography of Gospel Song and Hymn Writers by Jacob Henry Hall; Fleming H. Revell, Co. 1914

Evelyn Simpson-Curenton

b. 1953 Person Name: Evelyn Simpson-Curenton, b. 1953 Arranger of "BLESSINGS" in African American Heritage Hymnal Evelyn Simpson Curenton (born 1953) is a leading African-American composer, pianist, organist, and vocalist. Simpson Curenton began piano lessons at age 5, began to perform with the Singing Simpsons of Philadelphia, a family group, and earned a B.M., Music Education and Voice from Temple University. She has been commissioned to write works for the American Guild of Organists, George Shirley, the late Duke Ellington, and her sister, the late Joy Simpson, arranged music for Kathleen Battle, Jessye Norman, and the Porgy and Bess Chorus of the New York Metropolitan Opera, and has performed with musical organizations such as Philadelphia's National Opera Ebony (later renamed Opera North). Based in the Washington, D.C., area, Curenton is Music Director of the Washington Performing Arts Society's Men and Women of the Gospel and an associate of the Smithsonian Institution. She has given lectures and participated in workshops on early 18th-century black religious music and the music of African-Americans during the Civil Rights era. --en.wikipedia.org

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Count Your Blessings

Brüder, Schwestern kommt von nah und fern

Cuando Estés Cruzando el Mar

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Count Your Blessings

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